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WASHINGTON — The U.S. military said it carried out an air strike on Thursday in northern Syria that killed two Islamic State members including a leader it named as Abu-Hashum al-Umawi.
The strike came just hours after a rare U.S. helicopter raid on a government-held village in Syria’s northeast killed another Islamic State official.
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As with the helicopter raid, the U.S. military’s Central Command said initial assessments indicated no civilian casualties and it said there were no U.S. military casualties. (Reporting by Phil Stewart; Editing by Sandra Maler)